The reasons for Yamaha’s problems, according to Forcada

Ramón Forcada clarified that the reasons for Yamaha’s factory problems are diverse. The chief mechanic of Maverick Viñales tried to shed some light on the subject.

Grip is one of the factors that has made life difficult for factory riders. The lack of traction at the start of the races has caused shivers to Viñales: ‘It’s not an irreversible situation. Yamaha suffers in situations with poor grip. We couldn’t take advantage of the traction with electronics’.

For Forcada, there are many problems: ‘The problem is the package. A motorcycle is a pack, it has a rider, an engine, a chassis, tires… if it was just one thing, it was easy to put last year’s electronics, but the engine has changed and needs a different electronics’.

For Forcada, the engine is also one of the factors for the poor performance of the factory men: ‘The riders have chosen one engine and it has to be the same for both. But it’s two riders who weigh and ride differently’.

Also the chassis is pointed out by Forcada in the interview to Movistar MotoGP as one of the reasons for Yamaha to have fallen short: ‘Each one can have theirs. Given that they both liked the engine this year, in the pre-season, they were ordered to make the chassis. Then they tested another in Qatar and they liked it, but there was no time to change it for this year’.

And the tires, of course, are also taken by the experienced technician as key: ‘Last year we changed the front tire after Le Mans. And that forces you to change the bike so that the tire works. And for this we must ignore other problems. Everything works if there is traction’.